Nine Best Places to Go Stargazing
COSMIC CAMPGROUND Alma Forty miles from the nearest significant source of electric light, the 3.5-acre site was the first International Dark Sky Sanctuary in the U.S. and is still just one of 17 in…
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Try These Tips for Stargazing
AS THE PAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER’S (PEEC) planetarium manager, Elizabeth Watts leads stargazing and full moon hikes that teach people how to enjoy our skies after dark. “One of my goals…
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Fall in Love with New Mexico's Night Skies
FIVE YEARS AGO, during a Perseid meteor shower in August, my husband and I spent our first night at Cosmic Campground in the Gila National Forest. We’d planned the visit ever since DarkSky (formerly…
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Why We Love NM: Our Animals Are Inspiring
C ŌLLETTE WAS BORN IN LAS CRUCES, and the Chihuahuan Desert environment influences her artistic practice. The Xicana artist of Indigenous descent uses crisp lines, meticulous detail, and warm colors…
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Why We Love NM: Our Agricultural Heritage Has Deep Family Roots
G ROWING UP, Fita Witte only knew life on her family’s ranch in the Estancia Valley. Born Fita Aceves, she married fifth-generation rancher Jerry Witte and worked the ranch for 60 years before retiring…
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Elephant Butte Revs Up Its Off-Road Fun
PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS CLINGS TO the mountainside overhanging the two-track road. So when the passenger-side wheels of our Polaris RZR jump a ledge, we teeter left, bringing my driver’s face dangerously…
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Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House
“PEOPLE ASK WHY we don’t have an Open sign,” says Amy Wright, sous chef at the Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House, in Pinos Altos. Then again, neon doesn’t fit the aesthetic of the 1865 adobe in the…
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Building on Alamogordo History
DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE SUNSHINE, surrounding mountain ranges, occasional adobe building, or even the town’s name, which is Spanish for “fat cottonwood.” “Alamogordo is not a Southwestern town,”…
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Break Out for Family Fun
STEAM TEAM The Inspiration: At Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return, parents can indulge their kids’ curiosities at Santa Fe’s 70-room immersive art experience. Step into the refrigerator, duck under…
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Made in Silver City
AT MADE IN SILVER CITY, you might see dangly earrings, abstract paintings, turquoise-inlaid wooden bowls, and—hold up!—an unfinished statue. Run by four sculptors, the downtown Silver City storefront…
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